First of all we wish to thank the Norwegian Research Council
as the main funding source; they have shown great interest in our work and have
been very supportive. The fisheries authorities in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
have provided very useful assistance by giving us access to all sorts of data
and we thank them sincerely. We also wish to thank the Development Planning
Service, Fisheries Policy and Planning Division of the Fisheries Department of
FAO, for a close and very fruitful collaboration which has included several
workshops and seminars and a six months stay as visiting scientist. We also
thank the Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD) for financial
support to the dissemination of results.